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Benthic marine habitats,
landscape ecology, community classification, Geographic Information
Systems, underwater surveying, Florida Keys nearshore environments |
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Center for Marine Science,
University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
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515 Caribbean Drive, Key
Largo, FL 33037 |
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Tel: (305) 451-0233 Fax:
(305) 453-9719 Email:
ruttenl@uncw.edu |
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Education |
2002 Florida International University, Miami, FL |
M.S., Biology |
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1989 The University of the South, Sewanee, TN |
B.S., Physics |
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2003- |
Research associate for the
coral reef rapid assessment and monitoring program, Center for Marine
Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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2001-2003 |
Research associate, lab manager, and project manager for the Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary seagrass monitoring program, Seagrass
Ecosystem Research Lab, Florida International University |
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1998-2001 |
Research assistant, Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Everglades National Park seagrass
monitoring programs, Center for Marine Science, University of North
Carolina at Wilmington |
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1996-1998
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Research assistant, Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Everglades National Park seagrass
monitoring programs, Florida Marine Research Institute
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1992-1996
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Research assistant, Florida
Keys National Marine Sanctuary coral reef monitoring program, Florida
Marine Research Institute |
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1989-1991 |
Instructor
of science and mathematics, The Canterbury School of Florida. |
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Collado-Vides, L., L.M.
Rutten, and J.W. Fourqurean. In Press. Spatiotemporal variation
of the abundance of calcareous green macroalgae in the Florida Keys: A
study of synchrony within a macroalgal functional-form group. Journal of
Phycology.
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Fourqurean, J.W. and L.M.
Rutten. 2004.
The impact of Hurricane Georges on
soft-bottom, back reef communities: site- and species-specific effects
in south Florida seagrass beds. Bulletin of Marine Science, 75(2): 239-257.
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Fourqurean, J.W. and L.M.
Rutten. 2003. Competing goals of spatial and temporal resolution:
monitoring seagrass communities on a regional scale. Pp 257-288 in:
Busch, D. E. and J.C. Trexler, eds. Monitoring ecosystems:
interdisciplinary approaches for evaluating ecoregional initiatives.
Island Press, Washington, D. C. 447 pp.
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Peterson, B.J., C. D. Rose,
L.M. Rutten and J.W. Fourqurean. 2002. Disturbance and recovery
following catastrophic grazing: studies of a successional chronosequence
in a seagrass bed. Oikos 97:361-370.
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Fourqurean, J.W., A. Willsie,
C.D. Rose and L.M. Rutten. 2001. Spatial and temporal pattern in
seagrass community composition and productivity in south Florida. Marine
Biology 138:341:354.
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Ryan, J.D., L.J. Miller, Y.
Zapata, O. Downs, and R. Chan. 1998. Great Corn Island, Nicaragua. CARICOMP: Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove sites, edited by
B. Kjerfve. Coastal Region and Small Island Papers no. 3, Catalog no.
118130. UNESCO, Paris. 95-105. |
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Rutten, L.M. and J.W.
Fourqurean. Community composition and spatial variation of nearshore
benthic communities of the Florida Keys.
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Rutten, L.M. and J.W.
Fourqurean. Effects of human land use activity on nearshore benthic
communities of the Florida Keys.
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Rutten, L.M. and J.W.
Fourqurean. Long-term changes in nearshore benthic macrophyte abundance
in the Florida Keys.
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Rutten, L.M. and J.W.
Fourqurean. Relative availability of nutrients in nearshore marine
environments of the Florida Keys.
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Collado-Vides, L., L.M.
Rutten, and J.W. Fourqurean. Spatiotemporal variation of the abundance
of benthic marine macrophytes in the Florida Keys.
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Swanson, D.W., S.L. Miller,
and M. Chiappone L.M. Rutten. Spatial patterns of benthic coral reef
organisms in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. 1. Stony coral
cover, species richness and species density.
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Chiappone, M., L.M. Rutten, D.W. Swanson, and S.L. Miller. Spatial patterns of benthic coral reef
organisms in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. 2. Gorgonian
species density, richness, and colony density.
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Chiappone M., L.M. Rutten, D.W. Swanson, and S.L. Miller. Spatial patterns of benthic coral reef
organisms in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. 3. Sponge cover
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2002- |
Assessment and monitoring of
coral reef ecosystems in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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2002- |
Aquarius saturation missions:
A study of population dynamics of scleractinians on Conch Reef, Florida
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1999-2002 |
Assessment of nearshore
benthic communities of the Florida Keys
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1996-2002 |
Monitoring of seagrass
ecosystems in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Everglades
National Park
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1995-1996 |
Monitoring of coral reef
ecosystems in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
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1994-1998 |
Monitoring of coral reef
ecosystems at CARICOMP stations, Bonaire, Netherland Antilles
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1994-1995 |
Development of video sampling
methods for coral reef monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary
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1994 |
Groundtruthing for the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary benthic mapping project, Dry
Tortugas National Park, Florida
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1994 |
Aquarius saturation mission:
Initiation of long term monitoring of deep reef ecosystems at Conch
Reef, Florida
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1993-1994 |
Assessment of changes in the
distribution and abundance of Acropora Palmata in Dry Tortugas National
Park, Florida
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1992-1995 |
Monitoring of coral
population dynamics at fixed stations in the Florida Keys and Dry
Tortugas National Park
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1992-1994 |
Identification of attached
biota on coral recruitment tiles, Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas National
Park, Florida
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1992-1994 |
Monitoring of transplanted
biota at the Mavro Vetranic vessel grounding site, Pulaski Shoal,
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida |
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